Heavy Snow: February 26, 2009

A developing area of low pressure in Kansas moved to the northeast during the day on Thursday, February 26. A large area of snow spread across Minnesota from west to east. The snow began in western Minnesota during the morning and moved into the Twin Cities by lunch time. The snow was heavy at times and amounts up to three inches an hour were reported. The University of Minnesota St. Paul Climate Campus Observatory had 2.9 inches of snow from 1:15pm to 2:15pm on February 26th. The highest one-hour accumulation of snow was four inches at Hastings. Thunder was reported with the snow south of the Twin Cities. Evening classes were cancelled at the Univerity of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.

The highest total found for the February 26, 2009 event was 11 inches at Carlos in Douglas County. The Twin Cities International Airport wound up with 6 inches. This was the largest snowstorm of the season for the Twin Cities. A single day snowfall of six inches happens about once in a season on average in the Twin Cities.

Listed below are local storm reports from the National Weather Service regarding the snow storm of February 26, 2009